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Definition
To establish commercial or trade relations with other political entities.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to formal or historical trade agreements between states or regions rather than individual business transactions. It often carries a slightly formal or academic tone, frequently appearing in historical contexts or discussions about international policy.
Examples
The two countries decided to establish trade relations to facilitate business.
Trade relations were very frequent in this place in the past.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
